Brand new 3.2ghz Mac Pro... super slow CPU?

My old 2.8 8 core mac pro was scoring 1600s in the thread computation field on xbench, but this new 3.2 8core is scoring considerably lower (600-1200)
Is there something wrong with my computer? The specs are the exact same, minus the harddrive and the graphics card (new one has 500gb drive and 8800gt)
This is right out of the box. I'm running system update to see if it changes anything.

Cinebench http://www.maxon.net/pages/download/cinebench_e.html
MP 3.2GHz
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/79209
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/similar/79209/6
Geekbench http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/
Comparing 3.2 vs 2.8 vs 2007 3.0:
http://www.barefeats.com/imp02.html
http://www.barefeats.com/harper7.html
http://www.barefeats.com/harper.html
Xbench results for Mac Pro don't seem to be online or available to view, so I couldn't compare yours to others.
I would always replace the boot drive for something better:
http://www.barefeats.com/harper14.html
http://www.barefeats.com/hard103.html
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD6400AAKS/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD3000HLFS/
And of course 8 DIMMs (8 x 1GB or above).
Take Xbench with grain of salt, it does not fully understand multi-core systems. It was built with Xcode 2.4 two years ago.

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